[OSGeo-Discuss] Java access to native MySQL Geometry

2012-08-29 Thread Simon Greener
Folks, Not sure where to ask this question. If anyone can point me to better places to do so... I am investigating whether it is possible to access MySQL's GEOMETRY data natively via Java. I do not wish to access the data via WKT or WKB if I can avoid it. Does anyone know of any open source

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sharing GIS Data Models

2012-06-28 Thread Simon Greener
For everyone's interest. I have worked on the idea of community models for years. I have even converted a lot of the ESRI (for they are community models NOT ESRI models) in to schemas for deployment on Oracle or PostgreSQL. In addition I have been working with Sparx Systems to enhance their

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] State of the Planet

2012-04-02 Thread Simon Greener
No it's not. Please do not post non-OSGEO topics on this discussion list.SimonOn Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:59:09 +1000, Suchith Anand suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk wrote:Might be of interest to some of you. Scientists issue first “State of the Planet” declaration at the world’s largest gathering

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] State of the Planet

2012-04-02 Thread Simon Greener
Ouch, I humbly apologise. S On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:50:05 +1000, Mateusz Loskot mate...@loskot.net wrote: On 2 April 2012 23:13, Simon Greener si...@spatialdbadvisor.com wrote: No it's not. Please do not post non-OSGEO topics on this discussion list. Simon FYI, it is spelled OSGeo, not OSGEO

[OSGeo-Discuss] designing databases, organizing data formats to work with open source and proprietary GIS

2011-08-10 Thread Simon Greener
Karsten,Interoperability with ESRI GeoDatabases (SQL, not file) have their difficulties but they aren't insurmountable.To address such interop one must make clear distinctions at differing tiers.The first is that the chosen "storage format" is the "native" one for the chosen database product: That

[OSGeo-Discuss] designing databases, organizing data formats to work with open source and proprietary GIS

2011-08-10 Thread Simon Greener
Karsten,Interoperability with ESRI GeoDatabases (SQL, not file) have their difficulties but they aren't insurmountable.To address such interop one must make clear distinctions at differing tiers.The first is that the chosen "storage format" is the "native" one for the chosen database product: That